Space News

An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to conduct mid-infrared observations of a nearby supernova known as SN 1987A. Results of the observational campaign, published February ...

NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was hailed a success when it collided with its target asteroid Dimorphos last year. The purpose of the endeavour was to see if it could redirect an asteroid and, sin...

When a satellite reaches the end of its life, it has only two destinations. It can either be maneuvered into a graveyard orbit, a kind of purgatory for satellites, or it plunges to its destruction in Earth’s atmosphere...

On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, giving people in 15 states the opportunity to see the Moon completely block the Sun, revealing our star's relatively faint corona. "This year's total so...

In its fourth episode, 'Constellation' finds a satisfying balance between personal conflicts and the underbaked conundrum at the center of it all.

During the Universe’s Dark Ages, dense primordial gas absorbed and scattered light, prohibiting it from travelling. Only when the first stars and galaxies began to shine in energetic UV light did the Epoch of Reionizat...

In recent years, with the significant increase in space launch activities, the number of deorbited spacecraft has sharply risen, posing a serious impact on both active orbiting spacecraft and future space activities. Tra...

When Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen return to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, a joint NASA and Departm...

Frank Calvelli applauded the successful inaugural launch of ULA's Vulcan rocket and emphasized the need for the company to adapt to a faster-paced launch schedule The post Space Force top buyer keenly watching ULA and Bl...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is asking members of the news media to nominate former colleagues they deem worthy of honoring as a space program Chronicler.The NASA Kennedy's Chroniclers program recognizes broadc...

Astrobotic Technology's latest space-related venture won't take it far from home.

India has revealed a shortlist of air force pilots who will fly on the country's first human spaceflight mission, which is targeted for 2025.

After months aboard the International Space Station, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 is returning to Earth. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov each completed their first spaceflight. JAXA (Jap...

Four new astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Friday as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

Here's a front row seat on what it would be like to return to Earth inside a space capsule. Varda Space Industries' small W-1 spacecraft successfully landed at the Utah Test and Training Range on February 21, 2024.  A c...

Legislation introduced in Congress Feb. 28 would give spaceports the same ability as airports and seaports to issue tax-exempt bonds. The post Legislation would make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt bonds appeared firs...

The VIPER team continues to push forward with the build of the flight rover that'll go to the surface of the Moon. As of this writing, all of VIPER's flight instruments are installed, and the rover is more than 80% built...

In a pre-launch press briefing today (Feb. 28), NASA leadership stressed the fact that no matter how routine commercial launches might seem, safety is always the highest priority for the agency.

Thales Alenia Space is laying groundwork for a small satellite factory in Italy that it hopes will be at the forefront of constellation manufacturing in Europe, bringing the continent closer to mass production capabiliti...

Researchers are calling on amateur astronomers to help photograph the broken tail of a comet on track to pass by Earth this spring.

Using the unprecedented capabilities of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has obtained the first spectroscopic observations of the faintest galaxies during the first billion...

The possibility for life beyond the Earth has captivated us for hundreds of years. It has been on the mind of science fiction writers too as our imaginations have explored the myriad possibilities of extraterrestrial lif...